Starlight programs could face levy reduction

Organization has a $21M cushion

8:43 AM,
Jul. 18, 2014

Muskingum County Starlight School

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Muskingum County Starlight Programs could be facing a reduction in local funding, as the Muskingum County Commissioners consider cutting one of its levies by half, and reducing its annual income by $1.2 million.

Starlight, which provides disabled children and adults in the community with educational, residential and support services has been saving an average of $2.6 million every year for the past four years, spending $6.7 million in 2011 and bringing in $9.8 million in revenue. About $6 million of this budget is collected through Starlight's 3-mill and 2-mill ongoing levies. This, in ...